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LispWorks
Paradigms	Multi-paradigm: procedural, functional, object-oriented, meta, reflective, generic
Family	Lisp
Developers	Harlequin Ltd. 1987–2000; Xanalys Ltd. 2001–2005; LispWorks Ltd. 2005–2021
First appeared	1989; 35 years ago
Stable release	8.0.1 / June 28, 2022; 23 months ago
Typing discipline	Dynamic, strong
Scope	Lexical, optional dynamic
Implementation language	Common Lisp
Platform	IA-32, x86-64, ARM, SPARC, PowerPC
OS	Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, AIX, Android, iOS
License	Proprietary
Website	lispworks.com
Influenced by
	Lisp, Common Lisp

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LispWorks is computer software, a proprietary implementation and integrated development environment (IDE) for the programming language Common Lisp. LispWorks was developed by the UK software company Harlequin Ltd., and first published in 1989.^[1] Harlequin ultimately spun off its Lisp division as Xanalys Ltd., which took over management and rights to LispWorks. In January 2005, the Xanalys Lisp team formed LispWorks Ltd. to market, develop, and support the software.

LispWorks's features include:

A native-code compiler and an interpreter for an extended ANSI Common Lisp
An implementation of the Common Lisp Object System with support for the metaobject protocol
Support for 32-bit and 64-bit versions
Native threads and symmetric multiprocessing
Unicode support: it can read and write files, and supports strings, so encoded
Foreign language interface (FFI) to interface with routines written in C
A Java interface
The common application programming interface (CAPI) graphical user interface (GUI) toolkit, which provides native look-and-feel on Windows, Cocoa, GTK+, and Motif
An Emacs-like editor; source code is included in the Professional edition
A Lisp Listener,^[2] which provides a Common Lisp read–eval–print loop (REPL)
A graphical debugger, inspector, stepper, profiler, class browser, etc.
A facility to generate standalone executables and shared libraries; to reduce memory size, a tree shaker can be used to remove unused code and data
On macOS, it provides a bridge to Objective-C for using Apple's Cocoa libraries
Many of the libraries are written using the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS) and can be extended by the user, by writing subclasses and new methods

The Enterprise edition also includes KnowledgeWorks, which supports rule-based or logic programming (including support for Prolog); the CommonSQL database interface; and a Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) binding.

In September 2009, it was announced that LispWorks 6 would support concurrent threads and the CAPI graphics toolkit had been extended to support GTK+.^[3] LispWorks 6.1, released in January 2012,^[4] included many further enhancements to CAPI, such as support for anti-aliased drawing.

LispWorks ran on the spacecraft Deep Space 1. The application called RAX won the NASA Software of the Year award in 1999.^[5]

Releases[edit]

Date	Version	Company	Notes
1987	alpha	Harlequin	Begun by British firm
12 Sep 1989	1.0	Harlequin	GUI with CLX, CLUE, and LispWorks toolkit
Dec 1991	3.0	Harlequin
17 Mar 1997	4.0	Harlequin	For Windows, GUI with CAPI, CLIM 2.0
6 Jan 1999	4.1	Harlequin	With CORBA, Linux port
19 Feb 2001	4.1.20	Xanalys
19 Dec 2001	4.2	Xanalys	No run time fees for applications on Windows
5 May 2002	4.2.6	Xanalys
30 Jun 2003	4.3	Xanalys	First release for macOS, with Cocoa support
8 Dec 2004	4.4	Xanalys
15 Apr 2005	4.4.5	LispWorks
31 Jul 2006	5.0	LispWorks	64-bit support, FreeBSD port
27 Mar 2008	5.1	LispWorks
6 Jan 2010	6.0	LispWorks	With symmetric multiprocessing, Solaris on Intel port, CAPI for GTK+
27 Jan 2012	6.1	LispWorks	High-quality drawing, 64-bit FreeBSD port
5 May 2015	7.0	LispWorks^[6]	ARM Linux, iOS, Android, full Unicode, Hobbyist Edition
13 Nov 2017	7.1	LispWorks^[7]	64-bit iOS, ARM64 Linux
14 Dec 2021	8.0	LispWorks^[8]	Native support for Apple silicon Macs

References[edit]

^ "LispWorks 1.0 released in 1989".
^ "The Listener (LispWorks IDE User Guide (Macintosh version))". 12 Feb 2015. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
^ "LispWorks 6.0 beta announcement". Lispworks.com. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
^ "Release of LispWorks 6.1". Lispworks.com. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
^ "NASA Software of the Year award for Harlequin based development" (PDF). Globalgraphics.com. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
^ "Release of LispWorks 7.0". Lispworks.com. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
^ "Release of LispWorks 7.1". Lispworks.com. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
^ "Release of LispWorks 8.0". Lispworks.com. Retrieved 2021-12-14.

[1] "LispWorks 1.0 released in 1989".

[2] "The Listener (LispWorks IDE User Guide (Macintosh version))". 12 Feb 2015. Retrieved 2019-01-06.

[3] "LispWorks 6.0 beta announcement". Lispworks.com. Retrieved 2013-07-19.

[4] "Release of LispWorks 6.1". Lispworks.com. Retrieved 2013-07-19.

[5] "NASA Software of the Year award for Harlequin based development" (PDF). Globalgraphics.com. Retrieved 2013-07-19.

[6] "Release of LispWorks 7.0". Lispworks.com. Retrieved 2015-05-09.

[7] "Release of LispWorks 7.1". Lispworks.com. Retrieved 2018-03-07.

[8] "Release of LispWorks 8.0". Lispworks.com. Retrieved 2021-12-14.

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To reduce memory size, a tree shaker can be used to remove unused code and data. ▲* on [[Mac OS X]] it provides a bridge to [[Objective-C]] for using Apple's [[Cocoa (API)\|Cocoa]] libraries ▲* many of the libraries are written using the [[Common Lisp Object System]] and can be extended by the user (by writing subclasses and new methods) In September 2009, it ~~had been~~was announced that LispWorks 6 would support [[Concurrent computing\|concurrent]] [[Thread (computing)\|threads]] and the CAPI graphics toolkit ~~has~~had been extended to support [[GTK+]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.lispworks.com/news/index.html#lw60beta \|title=LispWorks 6.0 beta announcement \|~~publisher~~website=Lispworks.com \|access-date~~= \|accessdate~~=2013-07-19}}</ref> LispWorks 6.1, released in January 2012,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.lispworks.com/news/index.html#61release \|title=Release of LispWorks 6.1 \|~~publisher~~website=Lispworks.com \|access-date~~= \|accessdate~~=2013-07-19}}</ref> ~~includes~~included many further enhancements to CAPI, such as support for anti-aliased drawing.▼ ▲The Enterprise edition also includes [[KnowledgeWorks]], which supports rule-based programming (including support for Prolog); the CommonSQL database interface; and a [[CORBA]] binding. LispWorks ran on the [[spacecraft]] [[Deep Space 1]]. The application called [[Deep Space 1#Remote Agent\|RAX]] won the NASA Software of the Year award in 1999.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.globalgraphics.com/news/ggpress.nsf/GGRVPressReleasesPublished/06608A7E4A25BE15802568E1005745C8/$FILE/PR19990817a.pdf \|title=NASA Software of the Year award for Harlequin based development \|~~publisher~~website=Globalgraphics.com \|access-date~~= \|accessdate~~=2013-07-19}}</ref>▼ ▲In September 2009, it had been announced that LispWorks 6 would support concurrent threads and the CAPI graphics toolkit has been extended to support [[GTK+]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.lispworks.com/news/index.html#lw60beta \|title=LispWorks 6.0 beta announcement \|publisher=Lispworks.com \|date= \|accessdate=2013-07-19}}</ref> LispWorks 6.1, released in January 2012,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.lispworks.com/news/index.html#61release \|title=Release of LispWorks 6.1 \|publisher=Lispworks.com \|date= \|accessdate=2013-07-19}}</ref> includes many further enhancements to CAPI, such as support for anti-aliased drawing. ▲LispWorks ran on the [[spacecraft]] [[Deep Space 1]]. The application called [[Deep Space 1#Remote Agent\|RAX]] won the NASA Software of the Year award in 1999.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.globalgraphics.com/news/ggpress.nsf/GGRVPressReleasesPublished/06608A7E4A25BE15802568E1005745C8/$FILE/PR19990817a.pdf \|title=NASA Software of the Year award for Harlequin based development \|publisher=Globalgraphics.com \|date= \|accessdate=2013-07-19}}</ref> ==Releases== {\| class="wikitable sortable" \|- ! style="width: 60pt" \| Date !! Version !! ~~Source~~Company !! Notes \|- \| 1987 \|\| alpha \|\| [[Harlequin (software company)\|Harlequin]] \|\| Begun by British firm \|- \| 12 Sep 1989 \|\| 1.0 \|\| Harlequin \|\| [[Graphical user interface\|GUI]] with CLX, CLUE, and LispWorks toolkit \|- \| ~~{{nowrap\|~~Dec 1991}} \|\| 3.0 \|\| Harlequin \|\|▼ ~~\| 1987 \|\| alpha \|\| LispWorks \|\| Started by the British company Harlequin~~ \|- \| ~~{{nowrap\|12~~17 ~~Sep~~Mar ~~1989}}~~1997 \|\| 14.0 \|\| Harlequin \|\| For Windows, GUI with ~~[[CLX (Common Lisp)\|CLX]]~~CAPI, ~~CLUE~~CLIM ~~and LispWorks toolkit~~2.0 \|- \| 6 Jan 1999 \|\| 4.1 \|\| Harlequin \|\| With [[Common Object Request Broker Architecture\|CORBA]], [[Linux]] port ▲\| {{nowrap\|Dec 1991}} \|\| 3.0 \|\| Harlequin \|\| \|- \| ~~{{nowrap\|17~~19 ~~Mar~~Feb ~~1997}}~~2001 \|\| 4.01.20 \|\| ~~Harlequin~~[[Xanalys]] \|\| ~~for Windows, GUI with CAPI~~ \|- \| 19 Dec 2001 \|\| 4.2 \|\| Xanalys \|\| No [[Run time (program lifecycle phase)\|run time]] fees for applications on [[Microsoft Windows\|Windows]] ~~\| {{nowrap\|6 Jan 1999}} \|\| 4.1 \|\| Harlequin \|\| with [[CORBA]]~~ \|- \| ~~{{nowrap\|19~~5 ~~Feb~~May ~~2001}}~~2002 \|\| 4.12.206 \|\| Xanalys \|\| \|- \| ~~{{nowrap\|19~~30 ~~Dec~~Jun ~~2001}}~~2003 \|\| 4.23 \|\| Xanalys \|\| noFirst ~~runtime fees~~release for ~~applications~~[[macOS]], onwith ~~Microsoft~~[[Cocoa (API)\|Cocoa]] ~~Windows~~support \|- \| ~~{{nowrap\|5~~8 ~~May~~Dec ~~2002}}~~2004 \|\| 4.~~2.6~~4 \|\| Xanalys \|\| \|- \| ~~{{nowrap\|27~~15 ~~Jan~~Apr ~~2012}}~~2005 \|\| 64.14.5 \|\| LispWorks ~~Ltd~~ \|\|▼ ~~\| {{nowrap\|30 Jun 2003}} \|\| 4.3 \|\| Xanalys \|\| first release for [[Mac OS X]], with [[Cocoa (API)\|Cocoa]] support~~ \|- \| ~~{{nowrap\|~~31 Jul 2006}} \|\| 5.0 \|\| LispWorks ~~Ltd~~ \|\| [[64-bit]] support, [[FreeBSD]] port▼ ~~\| {{nowrap\|8 Dec 2004}} \|\| 4.4 \|\| Xanalys \|\|~~ \|- \| ~~{{nowrap\|15~~27 ~~Apr~~Mar ~~2005}}~~2008 \|\| 45.~~4.5~~1 \|\| LispWorks ~~Ltd~~ \|\| \|- \| ~~{{nowrap\|~~6 Jan 2010}} \|\| 6.0 \|\| LispWorks ~~Ltd~~ \|\| ~~with~~With [[symmetric multiprocessing]], [[Solaris (operating system)\|Solaris]] on Intel port, CAPI for [[GTK+]]▼ ▲\| {{nowrap\|31 Jul 2006}} \|\| 5.0 \|\| LispWorks Ltd \|\| \|- \| ~~{{nowrap\|~~27 ~~Mar~~Jan ~~2008}}~~2012 \|\| 56.1 \|\| LispWorks ~~Ltd~~ \|\| High-quality drawing, 64-bit [[FreeBSD]] port \|- \| 5 May 2015 \|\| 7.0 \|\| LispWorks<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.lispworks.com/news/news34.html \|title=Release of LispWorks 7.0 \|website=Lispworks.com \|access-date=2015-05-09}}</ref> \|\| [[ARM architecture\|ARM]] [[Linux]], [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)\|Android]], full [[Unicode]], Hobbyist Edition ▲\| {{nowrap\|6 Jan 2010}} \|\| 6.0 \|\| LispWorks Ltd \|\| with [[symmetric multiprocessing]] \|- \| 13 Nov 2017 \|\| 7.1 \|\| LispWorks<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.lispworks.com/news/news35.html \|title=Release of LispWorks 7.1 \|website=Lispworks.com \|access-date=2018-03-07}}</ref> \|\| 64-bit [[iOS]], ARM64 [[Linux]] ▲\| {{nowrap\|27 Jan 2012}} \|\| 6.1 \|\| LispWorks Ltd \|\| \|- \| ~~{{nowrap\|5~~14 ~~May~~Dec ~~2015}}~~2021 \|\| 78.0 \|\| LispWorks ~~Ltd~~<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.lispworks.com/news/~~news34~~news39.html \|title=Release of LispWorks 78.0 \|~~publisher~~website=Lispworks.com \|access-date= ~~\|accessdate=2015~~2021-0512-0914}}</ref> \|\| ~~ARM Linux,~~Native ~~iOS,~~support ~~Android,~~for ~~full~~Apple ~~Unicode,~~silicon ~~Hobbyist~~Macs ~~Edition~~ \|- \|} ==See also== *[[Allegro Common Lisp~~\|Allegro CL~~]] ==References== {{~~reflist~~Reflist}} {{Common Lisp}} {{Lisp programming language}} {{Widget toolkits}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lispworks}} [[Category:Common Lisp implementations]] [[Category:Common Lisp (programming language) software]] [[Category:Lisp (programming language)]]

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